Alrosa has recovered a 17.44-carat, bright-yellow, gem-quality diamond at its Verkhne-Munskoye deposit, the first colored stone found at the mine since it opened.The stone, recovered in mid-February from the mine in Yakutia, was found in the Zapolyarnaya...

Alrosa’s newest mine could become one of the company’s richest sources of large rough diamonds, recent testing has found. The Russia-based miner conducted experimentation, between March 11 to 15, at apreviously untested portion of the Zapolyarnaya...

Alrosa has unearthed a 98.8-carat, gem-quality diamondfrom its new Verkhne-Munskoye mine in Yakutia, it said Wednesday. The stone was retrieved from the Zapolyarnaya pipe, one offour kimberlites that are located at the site. It has...